Madagascar copal (Meunier collection) (Holocene of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (14.3° S, 50.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° S, 50.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Collection F. Meunier (possibly at Musée d'Histoire naturelle de la Société Royale de Zoologie d'Anvers)

Primary reference: R. Bervoets. 1909. Un aradide nouveau du copal récent de Madagascar [Hem. Aradidae]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1909:280-281 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151372: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.09.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Tanypus sp.4, "Chironomus sepultus n. sp." = Chironomus meunieri4
Tanypus sp.4 Meigen 1803 non biting midge
may be from Zanzibar copal (Meunier, 1912b)
"Chironomus sepultus n. sp." = Chironomus meunieri4 Arnaud 1966 non biting midge
no. 26
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Ceratopogon tenuipes n. sp.5, Ceratopogon viscatus n. sp.4, Ceratopogon madagascariensis n. sp.4, Ceratopogon crassipalpis n. sp.4
Ceratopogon tenuipes n. sp.5 Meunier 1912 biting midge
no. 44
Ceratopogon viscatus n. sp.4 Meunier 1912 biting midge
no. 10, 14, 20-3,2
Ceratopogon madagascariensis n. sp.4 Meunier 1912 biting midge
no. 24
Ceratopogon crassipalpis n. sp.4 Meunier 1912 biting midge
no. 52
 Diptera - Phoridae
Phora labiosa n. sp.3
Phora labiosa n. sp.3 Meunier 1910 scuttle fly
no. 4
 Hemiptera - Aradidae
Aradus madagascariensis n. sp.
Aradus madagascariensis n. sp. Bervoets 1909 flat bug
 Hymenoptera - Mymaridae
Litus beneficus n. sp.1
Litus beneficus n. sp.1 Meunier 1909 fairyfly
 Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
"Messoria copalina n. gen. n. sp." = Goniozus copalinus6
"Messoria copalina n. gen. n. sp." = Goniozus copalinus6 Meunier 1916 flat wasp
Includes some sent by Herr Kunow (Konigsberg)
 Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Semidalis copalina n. sp.2
Semidalis copalina n. sp.2 Meunier 1910 dustywing
1Meunier 1909; 2Meunier 1910; 3Meunier 1910; 4Meunier 1912; 5Meunier 1912; 6Meunier 1916